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Home Research Research Library Training Family Medicine Residents to Perform Home Visits: A CERA Survey Training Family Medicine Residents to Perform Home Visits: A CERA Survey 2017 Author(s) Sairenji, T, Wilson, S A, D'Amico, F, and Peterson, Lars E Topic(s) Education & Training, and What Family Physicians Do Keyword(s) Geriatric Care, and Graduate Medical Education Volume Journal of Graduate Medical Education Source Journal of Graduate Medical Education BACKGROUND : Home visits have been shown to improve quality of care, save money, and improve outcomes. Primary care physicians are in an ideal position to provide these visits; of note, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education no longer requires home visits as a component of family medicine residency training. OBJECTIVE : To investigate changes in home visit numbers and expectations, attitudes, and approaches to training among family medicine residency program directors. METHODS : This research used the Council of Academic Family Medicine Educational Research Alliance (CERA) national survey of family medicine program directors in 2015. Questions addressed home visit practices, teaching and evaluation methods, common types of patient and visit categories, and barriers. RESULTS There were 252 responses from 455 possible respondents, representing a response rate of 55%. At most programs, residents performed 2 to 5 home visits by graduation in both 2014 (69% of programs, 174 of 252) and 2015 (68%, 172 of 252). The vast majority (68%, 172 of 252) of program directors expect less than one-third of their graduates to provide home visits after graduation. Scheduling difficulties, lack of faculty time, and lack of resident time were the top 3 barriers to residents performing home visits. CONCLUSIONS : There appeared to be no decline in resident-performed home visits in family medicine residencies 1 year after they were no longer required. Family medicine program directors may recognize the value of home visits despite a lack of few formal curricula. Read More ABFM Research Read all 2018 Family Medicine Hospitalists Three Years Out of Residency: Career Flexibility or a Threat to Office-Based Family Medicine? Go to Family Medicine Hospitalists Three Years Out of Residency: Career Flexibility or a Threat to Office-Based Family Medicine? 2017 The Single Graduate Medical Education (GME) Accreditation System Will Change the Future of the Family Medicine Workforce Go to The Single Graduate Medical Education (GME) Accreditation System Will Change the Future of the Family Medicine Workforce 2019 Endoscopic Services in the United States: By Whom, for What, and Why? Go to Endoscopic Services in the United States: By Whom, for What, and Why? 2019 New Allopathic Medical Schools and Family Physicians Go to New Allopathic Medical Schools and Family Physicians
Author(s) Sairenji, T, Wilson, S A, D'Amico, F, and Peterson, Lars E Topic(s) Education & Training, and What Family Physicians Do Keyword(s) Geriatric Care, and Graduate Medical Education Volume Journal of Graduate Medical Education Source Journal of Graduate Medical Education
ABFM Research Read all 2018 Family Medicine Hospitalists Three Years Out of Residency: Career Flexibility or a Threat to Office-Based Family Medicine? Go to Family Medicine Hospitalists Three Years Out of Residency: Career Flexibility or a Threat to Office-Based Family Medicine? 2017 The Single Graduate Medical Education (GME) Accreditation System Will Change the Future of the Family Medicine Workforce Go to The Single Graduate Medical Education (GME) Accreditation System Will Change the Future of the Family Medicine Workforce 2019 Endoscopic Services in the United States: By Whom, for What, and Why? Go to Endoscopic Services in the United States: By Whom, for What, and Why? 2019 New Allopathic Medical Schools and Family Physicians Go to New Allopathic Medical Schools and Family Physicians
2018 Family Medicine Hospitalists Three Years Out of Residency: Career Flexibility or a Threat to Office-Based Family Medicine? Go to Family Medicine Hospitalists Three Years Out of Residency: Career Flexibility or a Threat to Office-Based Family Medicine?
2017 The Single Graduate Medical Education (GME) Accreditation System Will Change the Future of the Family Medicine Workforce Go to The Single Graduate Medical Education (GME) Accreditation System Will Change the Future of the Family Medicine Workforce
2019 Endoscopic Services in the United States: By Whom, for What, and Why? Go to Endoscopic Services in the United States: By Whom, for What, and Why?
2019 New Allopathic Medical Schools and Family Physicians Go to New Allopathic Medical Schools and Family Physicians